It was the 1st car I ever bought new, back in 2002. Made it to 195k miles including a tough last few years with the girls driving it. It was a fairly good car and I intended to keep it going for as long as possible, but finally got to the point of being plagued by too many issues to make further repairs palatable to me. So we donated it to the Colorado Make-A-Wish charity for children yesterday, with a cracked windshield, weeping water pump seal and the last straw appeared to be either a serious transmission issue or possibly a wheel bearing. They evaluate them for possible repair and then either re-distribute to a needy family, or sell them at auction donating the proceeds.
It took us to the Grand Canyon and many other places over the years. I felt like we should have had a retirement ceremony or something while I performed the annual ritual of swapping out wheels for the near-new Blizzak snows. Those American Racing wheels are for sale cheap, if anybody wants them:
